Try-spigot for beer



(No Model.)

M. HEY.

TRY SPIGOT FOR BEER. No. 320,252. Patented June'16', 1885.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL HEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRY-SPIGOT FOR BEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,252, dated June 16, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIcHAEL HEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Try-Spigots for Beer, 820., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a tryspigot embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section of a detached portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists ofa try-spigot for beer, &c., having a rotary valve so constructed that the spigot is prevented from being clogged by the sediment, yeast, or other solid matters, and the fluid is likewise prevented from eutering between the valve and the exterior shell where grease and dirt may exist, and provision is made for draining the spigot, all as will be hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the shell of a spigot, and B represents a rotary valve within the same, said valve being closed at both ends. In the shell near the inner end thereof is an induction-port, a, and in the same near the outer end thereof is the eductioirport b. The valve B is tubular and has in its side at opposite places induction and eduction ports (l, which, by proper rotation of the valve, are adapted to register with the ports a b of the shell. The valve has also in its side an additional eduction-port, e, which is located near the outer end thereof and adapted by proper rotation of the same to register with the port I) of the shell, it being noticed that the ports (Z c radiate or extend from the front end of the bore of the valve, so that by proper rotation of the valve, either port (I or 6 may be placed in connnunication with the eduction spout or port Z1, the latter thus being the common means of discharge for the fluid passing through said ports (2 e. The inner end of the valve and contiguous part of the shell have a ground joint for preventing leakage or the entrance of the fluid between the valve and shell, and the valve is held in position by a nut, f, but any other suitable means may be employed in lieu thereof. The valve is suitably squarcd at its outer end for the attachment of a key or wrench for purposes of rotating the same, and the shell is exteriorly threaded for connecting it with the head of a hogshead, barrel, &c. When the spigot is secured in position and the valve closed, the beer, &c., is prevented from escaping from the hogshead, &e., as is evident, the ports 0 d in this case being covered by the wall of the shell. \Vhen it is desired to test or try the beer, &c., the valve is rotated, whereby the ports 0 (I register with the ports a b of the shell, and the fluid flows through the ports a and 0 into the bore of the valve and it is thereby directed through the port (I to the port I), where it is discharged. y again rotating the valve, the ports 0 d are covered by the wall of the shell and the valve is closed. The port 0 is now in connnuuication with the port I), and thus any fluid remaining in the bore of the valve is permitted to escape. It will be seen that the port a is on the underside of the shell; consequently it is not liable to be clogged by the sediment, yeast, or other slimy matter which settles on the upper side of the shell; consequently the clear beer, 800., will be drawn. It will also be seen that the beer, &c., in its passage through the spigot is not brought in contact with the interior of the shell or between the valve and shell, where grease and dirt may exist, and thus is not liable to be tainted at such place, it being noticed that the ports a d e are formed in the valve at some distance from the respective ends thereof, leaving said ends solid and closed, excepting as far as may be necessary for the attachment of the screwf at the inner end, and means of connection of the key or wrench at the outer end. It will further be seen that when the valve is closed, as the beer, &c., in the bore of the valve is dis charged, owing to the port 0, the collection of stale and sour beer, &c., in the spigot is prevented. The eduction-port ofthe shell is preferably found in the swell or shoulder g at the forward end of the spigot.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a faucet with two parts which a'relocated at the inner or receiving end of the rotary duct or valve thereof, one of said duets being adapted to register with a port in the shell, so as to communicate with the contents of the barrel, and the other with a port in the shell, so asto communicate with the atmosphere in order to admit air to the faucet, which feature is hereby disclaimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A spigot formed of a shell with an induction-port', a, and an educt'ion-port, b, and a rotary valve within the shell having an induction-port, c, and educt-ion-ports d e near the end of the valve, leaving said ends solid, said eduction-ports d e extending from the bore of 15 the valve at the front end thereof and adapted to be placed in communication with the eduction-port b, which forms the common means of discharge of fluid passed through said ports d a, substantially as described.

a MICHAEL HEY. WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSIIEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

